单词 | sneeringly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | sneersneer1 /snɪə $ snɪr/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsneer1 Verb TableOrigin: 1300-1400 Perhaps copying the actionVERB TABLE sneer
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Longman Language Activatorto make fun of someone or something► make fun of to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something: ‘Is that your best outfit?’ he sneered.sneer at She sneered at Tom’s musical tastes.—sneering adjective: a sneering tone—sneeringly adverb to make someone or something seem stupid by making jokes about them: · They made fun of the girls and their new outfits.· You shouldn't make fun of other people's beliefs.· Peter didn't seem to realize that they were making fun of him. ► poke fun at to make fun of someone or something, especially in an unkind way: · The other kids poked fun at him, saying his mother dressed him like a girl.· His plays ingeniously poked fun at the way the Communist Party corrupted language. ► tease to make jokes about someone when you talk to them, either in an unkind way, or in a friendly way that shows you like them: · Sam's sisters used to tease him because he was overweight.· Don't get upset, Stuart, she's only teasing.tease somebody about something: · Kevin's always teasing me about my cooking. ► pull somebody's leg informal to make fun of someone in a friendly way by telling something that is not true: · Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?pull sb's leg about: · Don't worry. I was just pulling your leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere. ► taunt to repeatedly say unpleasant things to someone that show you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · She went on taunting him until he lost his temper.· When I didn't want to fight he would taunt me repeatedly. "Coward," he would say, "coward, coward, coward ...."taunt somebody about something: · He couldn't forget how they had taunted him about his appearance. ► send up a book, film, or performance that sends up a group or person makes fun of them by copying them in a very funny way: send up somebody: · Gibson's new play brilliantly sends up the upper classes and their attitudes.send somebody up: · Half the time, he uses his act to send himself up. ► sneer to show by your unpleasant attitude or remarks that you do not have a high opinion of someone or what they do: · Instead of helping, they just sat and sneered.sneer at: · He wanted to prove something to the critics who had sneered at his paintings. ► mock to make fun of a person, institution, belief etc, and show that you do not have a high opinion of them, sometimes in a friendly way: · Liz mocked him, saying that he was a coward.· The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· "Ooh, aren't you clever!" she mocked.· You mustn't mock -- it's not their fault they don't know much about art. ► take the mickey British informal to make someone look stupid, in either a friendly or unfriendly way, for example by saying something you do not mean or by copying their behaviour: · Just ignore him - he's just taking the mickey.· "You're a genius - you should go on one of those quiz shows!" "Are you taking the mickey?"take the mickey out of: · They're always taking the mickey out of each other, but they're good friends really. ► take the piss informal to make fun of someone - some people consider this expression to be rude: · I didn't mean it - I was only taking the piss.take the piss out of: · The show takes the piss out of virtually everyone, from politicians to eco-warriors. to smile in an unpleasant way► smirk to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased about someone else's bad luck or because you know something that they do not know: · She sits there smirking as if she's the only one who knows the answer.· 'You realise you'll be stuck out here on your own, don't you?' he smirked. (=said with a smirk)smirk at: · What are you smirking at? ► leer to smile in a way that is unpleasant or threatening and that shows unwelcome sexual interest in someone: · The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.leer at: · My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk. ► sneer to smile in an unpleasant and offensive way that shows you think someone is stupid or less good than you: · As she read the letter, she started to sneer.· Some clients would sneer or smile sarcastically when I showed them my old laptop -- until they saw what it could do.sneer at: · She'd not forgotten how Gareth had laughed and sneered at them when they'd first tried to be friendly. |
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